Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73
§123 Continuance of land offices when required by public convenience
Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 5— - LAND DISTRICTS › § 123
Summary
Secretary may keep a land office open in a district with a state capital, even if under 100,000 acres remain unsold, when needed for public convenience or to close the state's land system.
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Title 43, §123
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The Secretary of the Interior may continue any land district in which is situated the seat of government of any one of the States, and may continue the land office in such district, notwithstanding the quantity of land unsold in such district may not amount to one hundred thousand acres, when, in his opinion, such continuance is required by public convenience, or in order to close the land system in such State.
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Codification R.S. § 2249 derived from act Sept. 4, 1841, ch. 16, § 7, 5 Stat. 455.
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of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title.
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43 U.S.C. § 123
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73